Episode 144: “Last Train to Clarksville” by the Monkees
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Artful Dodger
Davy Jones was originally going to become a jockey rather than an actor. The owner of the stables in which he was training had show business connections and got him the odition that changed his life. For the part of the artful dodger in lionel bart's west end musical oliver. Not having a natural cockney accent ended up doing him the biggest favour of his career. He could put on a relatively convincing one, but it wasn't his natural accent. And so when the north american version found in pre views that their real cockney dodger, wasn't being understood per the fake cockney. I do anything for you, dear. Anything for you mean
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